Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto surprised some observers by combining a positive tone — typical of these kinds of speeches — with a dose of realism, including acknowledging the country’s crime and corruption problems.

Private prison companies have less than 24 hours to express their interest in taking over a private prison facility in Kingman. The Arizona Department of Corrections severed its contract with the previous prison operator last week.

The Navajo president has requested help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist his nation’s recovery from last month’s mine spill into a major waterway. The tribe is also preparing to sue the federal government over the disaster.

A coalition of Texas clinics fighting strict state abortion rules appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday. The clinics argue the state is intentionally limiting access to abortion for millions of women.

Metrocenter mall in north Phoenix has had its share of ups and downs. Now crews are demolishing the old Broadway Southwest Department Store to make way for a Wal-Mart Supercenter — and possibly a comeback.

The way groundwater is regulated in parts of rural Arizona could soon change. As the water table around Willcox continues to drop, the people there who depend on that resource are looking to the Legislature for help.

Will Stone

Sep. 3, 2015

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